We are pleased to welcome Cariann Powers as the new Internship and Community Outreach Coordinator Senior. Cariann was born and raised in Chicago, IL and received her Master’s Degree in Communication from ASU. Cariann had a career in HR management and then taught communications classes as an adjunct professor with the Maricopa Community Colleges. Cariann currently lives in Scottsdale with her husband, 16-year old daughter, two cats and an anxious Border Collie. She loves good books, Britbox TV shows, podcasts, and coffee. Cariann will start on Monday, Dec.2nd and her office will be located in Sage 128. 

Flu vaccine clinics are available at all campuses Oct. 1–Nov. 6, appointments highly recommended. For more information on how to schedule an appointment, please visit: https://cfo.asu.edu/flu-shots

The benefits open enrollment period for the 2025 plan year runs from Oct. 28 to Nov. 8, 2024. Please ensure your personal, emergency contact and beneficiary information is up to date before open enrollment begins.  For more information, please visit the HR Benefits page: https://cfo.asu.edu/benefits

Aztlana Quezada M.Ed. will be joining West Valley Barrett community as the new assistant director for engagement and retention. Her first day will be Monday, 21 October. 

Born and raised in the West Valley, Aztlana received an AA from Estrella Mountain Community College, a BAS from Grand Canyon University in Business Administration (magna cum laude), and a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from NAU. She has extensive experience in scholarship management, student leadership development, and student engagement. 

She has also worked extensively with college honors programs and international honor societies to increase student engagement and develop leaders through extracurricular and co-curricular activities, events, and partnerships. 

Her first name is pronounced “Oz-LAW-nah,” and derives from Aztlán, the name of the Aztec homeland. 

ASU’s preferred airline, Southwest Airlines, is providing ASU travelers another opportunity to have all the benefits of A-List status for 90 days.  ASU travelers can register between October 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024, and if qualified, the traveler may be eligible to extend the A-List status for an additional 12 months by meeting qualifying criteria.  Please visit https://www.southwest.com/businesstierexperience/ to learn more and register.  

Please note: if you currently have promotional A-List or A-List Preferred status through a Corporate Tier Experience or Corporate Status Match promotion, then you will forfeit the promotional tier status received through such promotion upon enrollment in this A-List Corporate Tier Experience promotion.  

If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Help Employees Achieve Their Financial Goals

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program can offer significant financial relief to higher ed employees, but many don’t know they qualify for this benefit. PSLF is open to most full-time higher ed employees of nonprofit colleges and universities who have direct federal student loans.

HR can spread the word to current employees and use loan forgiveness as part of a retention and recruitment strategy. The average amount of individual loan forgiveness under the PSLF is $70,000, which makes the PSLF an especially attractive benefit to potential employees.

Here’s what you need to know about who qualifies for PSLF, how to offer a free webinar on PSLF to your employees, and what steps you can take to ensure eligible employees enroll.

What is PSLF?

Public Service Loan Forgiveness forgives the balance of direct federal student loans after 120 qualifying payments made by the borrower if they work for a qualifying employer (after October 1, 2007) and are under a qualifying repayment plan. It’s intended to reward and incentivize public service, like teaching, nonprofit work and work in the public sector. PSLF eligibility isn’t about what job an employee does or what their job description is; it’s about where they work.

Who qualifies for PSLF?

Full-time employees of a nonprofit organization or a federal, state, tribal, or local government are eligible. Full-time work is defined as 30 hours or more per week. That means most full-time higher ed employees are eligible for PSLF, including those who may work part time at your institution but are also employed at other qualifying jobs (as is the case with many adjuncts). But the PSLF only applies to direct federal student loans. Borrowers with other federal student loans may be able to consolidate them into a direct federal student loan.

ASU employees:

ASU employees may be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. The PSLF program forgives the remaining balance on your direct loans after making a set amount of payments under a qualifying repayment plan while working full-time for a qualifying employer.

If you believe you meet the requirements, fill out the PSLF Form.

• Employer Identification Number: 860196696.
• Employer name: Arizona State University.
• To complete the form with an electronic signature, use employer email address: [email protected].
• To complete the form manually, complete Section 2 with your signature, then submit to Human Resources for processing.

https://csw.asu.edu/programs/professional-development/information

As we start the new academic year, we encourage everyone to take a moment and update their profile to make sure all items are current.  Profile information is housed in iSearch and pulls over to our website.  If you would like a new headshot, Career Services offers FREE headshots through their photo booth. https://career.eoss.asu.edu/channels/professional-headshot/

Follow these steps to update your profile:

MyASU > Profile

Click on edit profile and it will take you to iSearch to update your information.